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Who cares what Hadley thinks. Nothing but a bafoon who got lucky on the coattails of Laws and Jones
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Thank you for your comment. We take them from people from all walks of life
even though it clearly states under the radioinfo masthead that this is a "Site for Broadcast Professionals." Best of luck in your current career.
Regards, Peter Saxon.
The problem with narratives whether right or left is that there are issues in life that are apolitical.
To illustrate the current epidemic covered in the media has been a discussion of "let it rip" where there are no lockdowns to "have lockdowns" to save lives to "lets have a lockdown until it's safe to open up the movement of people".
Typically, the right wing will put the economy ahead of lives and talk about countries such as Sweden on a pedestal. We would have lost over 10 thousand lives if we adopted Sweden's model. Yet Sweden's economy has not improved.
Similarly, there are those with a right wing view who consider that there are historic buildings that should never be demolished to make way for a building holding historical articles.
Recall Mr Jack Mundey's (RIP) not only campaign to preserve The Rocks, but to preserve "Kelly's Beach" in the well-to-do suburb of Hunters Hill. Mr Mundey was a communist walking hand-in-hand with the right-wing.
Thus it illustrates that because you believe in lives ahead of the economy and not to demolish historic buildings that one follows the rest of the narrative that is supposed to belong to the left wing.
This should not imply a complete criticism of Mr Bolt's view of the world. I don't agree with everything Mr Bolt says, nor do I necessarily agree with everything from The Australian's Adam Creighton especially in the area of the current epidemic. We cannot assume that disagreeing with a single issue from a particular columnist or commentator means we disagree with the rest of their narrative.
As I said elsewhere on this site, while lives cannot be replaced, an economy can be rebuilt and unfortunately with every economic and/or medically-induced economic downturn there are psychiatric issues involved with a loss of business (call 13-11-14 and/or call an evidence-based medical practitioner). This implies that mental health resources should be increased. We've never heard commentators talk about suing those responsible for "the Great Depression", "the recession we had to have" and the "GFC". These issues also occurred during the economic depression of Melbourne in the 1890s.
At the same time, as Mr Hadley said, that "we're at war", a war that does not conjure the military image of ships, jets and troops. It's a war involving an evil clump of protein that is 'novel', never been around before, that can kill or maim not only elderly people but young people. This evil clump of protein is apolitical. For most of us who never experienced WWI and WWII, our PM, The Hon. Mr Scott Morrison may well be the first war leader in our lives.
Thank you,
Anthony of Belfield